Rachel Rebouche

2026's Abortion Battles Will Be Fought More in Courts and FDA Offices Than at the Polls—Analysis Judges and federal regulators will make significant decisions over Americans' reproductive rights next year.

What's on the ballot next year in terms of reproductive rights? Not a ton, actually. The big fight is over access to abortion pills, and it will be decided in courtrooms & federal agencies, writes law scholar @rebouche.bsky.social in a story jointly produced with @us.theconversation.com.

Update on the interstate conflict over abortion. A NY court sided with a county clerk who refused to enter a motion to enforce Texas's judgment against a NY doctor. Why? The state's shield law prohibits him from helping Texas in its suit against NY doctor acting lawfully under NY's shield statute.

Four of my very favorites on this morning’s #HLPC25 plenary: @rebouche.bsky.social, Liz Tobin-Tyler, @aonwuachi.bsky.social & Brietta Clark.

Temple University Beasley School of Law Klein Hall on N. Broad St. in Philadelphia

Temple Law rises to #50 in the @usnews.com 2026 Law School Rankings! 🎉 Part-time program ranks #9, with top marks in trial advocacy (#2), health law (#13), and international law (#13). Dean @rebouche.bsky.social cites strong student outcomes as the driving force.

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“If you go to Las Vegas to gamble, but your state doesn’t permit it, you don’t expect for your AG to suggest that anybody who helped you gamble in another state is going to be prosecuted, fined, and jailed,” @rebouche.bsky.social told me.

It’s the long-awaited third installment of the ContractsProf Blog Vlog: Contracts stuff, featuring a conversation with casebook authors, Christina Kunz, Jonathan Lipson, @rebouche.bsky.social, Wayne Barnes, and Dan Barnhizer
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Blocking Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Will Only Worsen the US Maternal Health Crisis The “defund Planned Parenthood” campaign is back—and headed to the US Supreme Court.

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Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say By 2060, new dementia cases per year could double to one million because of the growing population of older Americans, a study predicts.

NEW: Dementia cases in the U.S. are projected to soar, with the number of new patients per year doubling by 2060, a new study estimates.
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YouTube video by The Federalist Society Abortion Law After Dobbs

Glad to speak on "Abortion Law After Dobbs" at this year's Federalist Society Faculty Conference, along with @sherifgirgis.bsky.social, @rebouche.bsky.social, @shbarclay.bsky.social, and @maryrziegler.bsky.social

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Be sure to check out this new article by @rebouche.bsky.social, Paul Gugliuzza, and my awesome Chicago-Kent IP colleague, @jordigoodman.bsky.social:

So excited to celebrate the publication of "Inequality on Appeal: The Intersection of Race and Gender in Patent Litigation", co-authored with Paul Gugliuzza and @rebouche.bsky.social. Thanks to the editors at UC Davis Law Review! lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/58/...

I think the next challenge for us, as scholars and advocates and lawyers, is to start being proactive about what we're going to do to implement the shield laws and how we're going to do it effectively. And that means talking about the standards of care, it means talking about telehealth regulations, it means being on the offensive of what comes next. Because there's somebody else on another webinar, on another Zoom who's already having the same conversation about what they're going to do in response to shield laws. And so, for me, that's where I'm focused, because I think that litigation is important, I think the Supreme Court's important, but I think more important is how we safeguard access in real-time ways that allow providers and patients to feel safe.

Back in March, @rebouche.bsky.social talked with me at Law Dork about the importance of strongly implementing shield laws as "the next challenge." —> www.lawdork.com/p/law-dork-v...

Opinion | How Biden Should Spend His Final Weeks in Office The president can still do a lot before he leaves the White House.

Critically important contribution to the pardons discussion in @nytimes.com, as well as the Biden administration's unfinished tasks on abortion and contraception, from @dsc250.bsky.social, @greerdonley.bsky.social, and @rebouche.bsky.social.

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Good to be here!

Thank you, Mary!

Anyone curious about interstate abortion conflict should 1000% follow @rebouche.bsky.social, who just joined us here.